Engineering
Design Manager Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 4 Malaysian market observations · Manager level · how we calculate this
The median Design Manager salary in Malaysia is RM 17,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 13,600 at the 10th percentile to RM 19,700 at the 90th percentile, based on 4 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Design Manager salaries fall between RM 14,500 and RM 19,250 per month.
P10
RM 13,600
P25
RM 14,500
Median
RM 17,000
P75
RM 19,250
P90
RM 19,700
Career ladder — entry to director
A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.
Intern
RM 957 – RM 1,164median RM 993
Junior
RM 2,470 – RM 3,533median RM 2,906
Mid
RM 2,990 – RM 4,674median RM 3,852
Senior
RM 5,276 – RM 7,519median RM 6,422
Manager
RM 11,304 – RM 16,283median RM 13,652
Median by year
The current year is measured from live Malaysian listings. Earlier years are estimated — back-cast from the current median using national wage growth in the DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey, not separately collected listings.
Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.
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